A lady riveting device operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant signs up with sections of wing ribs to enhance the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif. Much better called the “” Flying Fortress,” “the B-17F bomber is a later design of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the south Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long variety, high elevation, heavy bomber, with a team of seven to 9 men– and with armament adequate to safeguard itself on daytime missions

1942 Oct.

1 openness: color.

Notes: Title from FSA or OWI company caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.